In the bigness of the swollen budgets and the popular games of the giant companies, we tend to forget another tribe who is trying to make its indelible mark on the Android and IOS Game Development. They strive hard without the backing of brand name and the support system of senior experts who have seen enough colors of game making. This nomadic tribe is of independent game makers. This write up is not an attempt to discourage the budding indies, but want to paint an honest portrait of the grim reality which indie people have to face.
A) Expertise:
Big companies have certain rules and set paths for each and every aspect of gaming. Starting from the coding to marketing and distributing to networking everything is handled by the expert people of their respective areas. As an indie, you have to wear a cap of polymath as you have to learn and implement all the mentioned specialization. Nothing can be as daunting as this.
B) Inexperience:
Though experience cannot be the sole criterion to judge a person, but experience always has an added advantage of being in the tough situations for more time than the new people. Most of the indie people are young and fresh who are more dreamy than the realistic. This may cloud their vision which might fail to see the new emerging game platforms, programming languages, concepts and aesthetics.
Besides, as he is a one man army, it’s quite obvious that he will not get enough time to do market and customer research. He neither has the expertise nor the means to get into the interiors of the volatile market. He might come up with something which is obsolete and stale. This can be the end of his game!
C) Monetization:
Every well nurtured game takes 3 to 5 years to make a profit. Till that period, you are somewhere near the break-even point. To survive, you need a strong cushion, a strong plan B on which you can fall back. Remember, there is no guarantee that your game will make money. Many games even of big companies have collapsed on the earth of the market, which is very capricious.
Of course, the water of challenges and risks runs much deeper than this. But you will swim in this troubled water if and only if all you have is passion and patience…or, you will have the same ending as most of the people have, and that is drowning!
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A) Expertise:
Big companies have certain rules and set paths for each and every aspect of gaming. Starting from the coding to marketing and distributing to networking everything is handled by the expert people of their respective areas. As an indie, you have to wear a cap of polymath as you have to learn and implement all the mentioned specialization. Nothing can be as daunting as this.
B) Inexperience:
Though experience cannot be the sole criterion to judge a person, but experience always has an added advantage of being in the tough situations for more time than the new people. Most of the indie people are young and fresh who are more dreamy than the realistic. This may cloud their vision which might fail to see the new emerging game platforms, programming languages, concepts and aesthetics.
Besides, as he is a one man army, it’s quite obvious that he will not get enough time to do market and customer research. He neither has the expertise nor the means to get into the interiors of the volatile market. He might come up with something which is obsolete and stale. This can be the end of his game!
C) Monetization:
Every well nurtured game takes 3 to 5 years to make a profit. Till that period, you are somewhere near the break-even point. To survive, you need a strong cushion, a strong plan B on which you can fall back. Remember, there is no guarantee that your game will make money. Many games even of big companies have collapsed on the earth of the market, which is very capricious.
Of course, the water of challenges and risks runs much deeper than this. But you will swim in this troubled water if and only if all you have is passion and patience…or, you will have the same ending as most of the people have, and that is drowning!
Click here for more information on iOS Game Development in Saudi Arabia.